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Management Team

Liu Chuanzhi

Chairman of the Board of Legend Holdings Corporation

Founder of Lenovo Group Limited

In 1984, eleven researchers including Liu Chaunzhi started their business in a less-than-20-square-meter bungalow of Computing Institute under the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS); up to now, he has created a number of leading companies, including Lenovo, Legend Capital, Hony Capital. He constantly pursues increasingly ambitious goals and develops new business for Legend Holdings Corporation.

Liu Chuanzhi has made a significant contribution to the company’s institution and mechanism construction, strategy development, business expansion, management methodology and culture, and talents training. Meanwhile, his work with Legend Holdings has produced a number of achievements that guarantee its development in the long run.

Mr. Liu was born in Zhenjiang City of Jiangsu Province in 1944, and graduated from the People's Liberation Army Institute of Telecommunication Engineering (currently Xidian University) in China in 1966. He was a delegate of the 16th and 17th National Congresses of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and of the 9th, 10th and 11th National People’s Congresses (NPC) of China. He was the Vice Chairman of the 8th and 9th Executive Committee of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC).

Domestic and international honors received by Liu Chuanzhi include: First Place, China’s 2nd Time Science & Technology Entrepreneur Awards (1990); National Model Worker, China (1995); Asian Businessman of the Year, The Fortune Magazine (2000); Businessman of the Year, CCTV (2000); Asian Star, BusinessWeek (2000); Top 25 Most Influential Leaders in Business list, The Time Magazine (2001); Outstanding Individual in Promoting China-US Relations, Awarded by National Committee of US China Relations / NCUSCR (2005); Fifty Faces That Shaped a Decade, Financial Times (2009); Business Leader in a Decade of Economic Development in China, Businessman of the Year, CCTV (2009); Pacemaker – Most Influential Model Worker since the Founding of New China, All-China Federation of Trade Unions (2009); Entrepreneur for the World Award, World Entrepreneur Forum, Organized by France’s EMLYON Business School and KPMG (2010); Businessman of the Year - Lifetime Achievement Award, CCTV (2011); 50 Most Powerful Businesspeople in China, Chinese Version of Fortune (2012); 10 Most Powerful Businesspeople in China, Fortune/CNN (2012); Distinguished Executive Award, International Association of Chinese Management Research / IACMR (2012); The 15th Annual Meeting of Yabuli Chinese Entrepreneur Forum – the Most Thinking Entrepreneur of China (2015); Doctor of Business Administration honoris causa, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2016);15th Asia Business Leaders Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award, CNBC (2016);Order of the Italian Star Award, Italian Government(2017);Reform Pioneer and was awarded the "Reform Pioneer" medal,the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council(2018).

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Zhu Linan

Executive Director and President of Legend Holdings Corporation, Executive Committee member

Chairman of Legend Capital Co., Ltd.

Non-executive Director of Lenovo Group Limited

Mr. Zhu Linan joined Legend in 1989 and is currently the Executive Director & President of Legend Holdings Corporation and a member of the Executive Committee, responsible for the development of the strategy and business.

With his deep understanding and rich experience in business operation and investments, Zhu Linan led the company to creatively establish a unique two-wheel-drive business model of "strategic investments + financial investments" to keep pushing the strategy and business moving forward. He is the promoter and implementer of our major strategic transformation and business upgrading.

Mr. Zhu also serves as the Chairman of Legend Capital. In 2001, he set up Legend Capital (later changed its Chinese name to “Junlian Ziben”), a firm of Legend Holdings and specializing in venture capital. As one of the earliest firms to enter the venture capital field, Legend Capital has become a top fund firm in China and has brought rich returns to investors. Its successful experience has also laid an important foundation for Legend Holdings in its following investments.

Mr. Zhu served as the general manager of Legend Shenzhen; general manager of Lenovo's Business Development Division, assistant president, vice president, senior vice president; president and Chairman of the Board of Legend Capital; executive vice president and president of Legend Holdings.

Mr. Zhu graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a master's degree in electronical engineering and has got a title of senior engineer. He is now an expert who enjoys special government allowances from the State Council.

John Zhao

Executive Vice President of Legend Holdings Corporation

Chairman and CEO of Hony Capital

Mr. John Zhao joined Legend and founded Hony Capital in 2003 and is currently the Executive Director and Executive Vice President of Legend Holdings, and a member of the executive committee. He is also the Chairman and CEO of Hony Capital.

Hony Capital currently manages over RMB 72 billion of assets and has invested in around 100 companies domestically and abroad.

Mr. John Zhao is also the board member of Lenovo, Zoomlion, Jin Jiang International, WeWork, etc. In addition, Mr. Zhao is the vice chairman of Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) and Chairman of the private equity & buyout fund committee under AMAC; board member of the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF), governor of Our Hong Kong Foundation, and governing board member of China-United States Exchange Foundation.

Mr. Zhao holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, dual Master’s degrees in Electronic Engineering and Physics from Northern Illinois University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Nanjing University.

Ning Min

Executive Director, Senior Vice President, CFO of Legend Holdings Corporation, Executive Committee member

Mr. Ning Min joined Legend in 1991, and now is the Senior Vice President and CFO of Legend Holdings Corporation, Executive Director and a member of the executive committee.

Mr. Ning is responsible for finance and capital, risk control and audit, capital market as well as public relations, and overseen financial investments businesses.

Mr. Ning has served successively as assistant to the president, assistant president and secretary of board, vice president, senior vice president, chief financial officer and executive director in Legend Holdings.

He has a bachelor's degree in economics from Renmin University of China.

Chen Shaopeng

Senior Vice President of Legend Holdings Corporation

Chairman and CEO of Joyvio Group

Mr. Chen Shaopeng joined Legend in 1993, and now is the Senior Vice President and a member of the Executive Committee of Legend Holdings, and the Chairman & CEO of Joyvio Group, responsible for the investments and management in agriculture and food businesses.

Mr. Chen served consecutively in Lenovo as sales manager, regional general manager, assistant president, vice president, senior vice president & president of greater China region, senior vice president & president of Asia-Pacific and Russia Region, senior vice president & president of Emerging Markets Group, and senior vice president of Legend Holdings.

Mr. Chen obtained his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Beijing Institute of Light Industry (now known as Beijing Technology and Business University) in China in 1992 and an EMBA degree from Tsinghua University in China in 2005. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in the US in 2008.

Tang Xudong

Senior Vice President of Legend Holdings Corporation

Chairman of Legend Star Investment Management Co., Ltd.

Mr. Tang Xudong joined Legend in 1990, and now is the Senior Vice President of Legend Holdings, an executive committee member, and the Chairman of Legend Star.

Mr. Tang is responsible for managing the investment of Legend Star, Legend Management Institute, Human Resources Department and other affairs related to administration and the Party office.

Mr. Tang served successively as general manager of the Legal Department, general manager of the Human Resources Department, deputy director of the Corporate Planning Office, vice president and director of Corporate Planning Office, vice president, senior vice president and general manager of Incubator Investment Department and Human Resources Department, and the executive chairman of Legend Management Institute.

Mr. Tang graduated from Central Institute of Nationalities (now known as Minzu University of China) as a Bachelor of Law in July, 1986, and received an EMBA Degree for Senior Managers from the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in June, 2005.

LI Peng

Senior Vice President of Legend Holdings Corporation, Executive Committee member

Mr. Li Peng joined Legend in 2003, and now is the Senior Vice President of Legend Holdings Corporation and a member of the executive committee. He is in charge of strategic investments.

Mr. Li engages himself in the development of strategic investments businesses and post-investment management, and was also responsible for domestic and overseas financing.

Mr. Li served as general manager of the Investment Management Department and Director of the Strategic Investments Business, assistant president, vice president, and senior vice president.

He received a bachelor's degree in international finance from the University of Foreign Economic and Trade and a master's degree in business administration from New Hampshire State University. Before joining Legend, he worked in China Foreign Trade and Transport Corporation, Solectria Corporation and Teradyne Connection Systems.

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